Bluehost: I used Bluehost for years until our traffic outgrew them. Fantastic service and a great product. Easy to use and 1-click automatic WordPress installation.

Search Engine Optimization and Keyword Research

Scribe SEO: Amazing tool for creating pages and blog posts that are perfect for climbing to the top of the search engines.

WordTracker Free Keywords Tool: Spits out a number for the popularity of a keyword of your choice. Search volume numbers can be compared to find the perfect niche, or to choose keywords for your blog posts.

Google Adwords Tool: A tool to help you decide what keywords to use for your Adwords campaigns. You can also check to see the popularity of certain keywords and the competition for ads for those keywords as well.

Google Adwords: If you want to begin advertising on Google, you can select keywords and locations and you pay each time someone clicks on your advertisement.

Email Subscriptions & Marketing

Aweber: The most powerful email opt-in service and email marketing/broadcasting tool.

Testing

Google Analytics: Google’s free website tracking and analytical tool. A must have for anyone with any type of website.

Clicktale: You can use clicktale to watch actual recordings of how people use your website. It is actually like watching their own computer screen, so you can then optimize your website if you don’t like what you see. You can view a small sample of website viewers for free. It will cost more for a larger sample.

Google Optimizer: This is another free tool from google where you can test different webpages of the same content, only changing one or two things, so you can see which one works/converts best. It’s basically a website optimizer testing tool.

99 Designs: This is a unique website that you can use if you need a logo design. It’s in a contest format. You submit the description of what you want, and designers will compete against each other to win money.

LegalTypist: Transcription of dictation and lots of other services for solos and small firms.